When most people hear “radiation” as a method of treating cancer, they think of external beam radiation therapy, which comes from a machine that aims radiation at the cancer. However, new, targeted ...

Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high doses of radiation to damage cancer cells, either killing them or slowing their growth. Unlike the low-dose radiation used in X-rays to see inside the ...

ARLINGTON, Va., October 24, 2021 — People with liver cancer awaiting transplantation could benefit from non-invasive radiation treatments but are rarely given this therapy, according to a new analysis ...

Advances in cancer therapies continue to improve survival rates for patients with overall cancer death rates from 2013-2017 decreasing for men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults, ...

New research from a University of Cincinnati Cancer Center study found external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is safe to administer to patients with liver cancer even after they undergo a targeted ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or atoms to damage the DNA inside cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die. Based on your subtype ...

The cancer treatment a patient gets depends on the type, location, and stage of the disease. Doctors often use a combination of treatments. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are the most ...

It’s important to understand how radiation therapy fits into your treatment plan so you can make choices about your care. Radiation therapy works by using high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. MSK ...

Radiation therapy may help a select group of people who have ovarian cancer. It’s not used much to treat this cancer, but it can help with related issues like pain. It’s something your doctor might ...

Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to destroy cancerous cells. Doctors may recommend a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy to treat esophageal cancer. Radiation therapy uses ...

Cherenkov radiation, the faint blue glow produced when charged particles exceed the phase velocity of light in a dielectric medium, has rapidly evolved from a fundamental physical phenomenon to a ...